House of Curiosity...

Eid is here!
Eid brings many thoughts about the way we celebrate it in this part of the world.
Usually, my dad goes to Salat al Eid with my uncles. And as soon as they finish, they start what I call “the door to door ritual.” This involves strong coffee with cardamom and ka3k il eid dates cookies… [...]

I came across this… I am not sure what to call this genre of photography… romantic maybe…?
Rosie lives in England and Aaron lives in the States… but they have figured out a creative way to be together.

“These are the compilation images Rosie and I have done together. Every Sunday Rosie takes an image in [...]

As I was flicking through my pictures, I found those two… they were taken two years ago in the heart of Cairo… I was fascinated with the idea of a non-fiction fiction…  and even though it was my least day in Cairo, I made it a mission to find out if the building was real [...]

Mawtini” My homeland” was unofficially the anthem used by Palestinians, written by Ibrahim Touqan and composed by the Lebanese composer Mohammad Flaifel. This should not be confused with Biladi, the official anthem.
 
Mawtini
My homeland, My homeland
Majesty and beauty, sublimity and splendor,
Are in your hills, are in your hills

Life and deliverance, pleasure and hope
Are in your air, [...]

I attended a workshop, where Aqel Biltaji was the key speaker. He took us on a delightful trip that started from the female and male vocal classifications in opera singing and ended with the hot topic: the plan to sell the area of the King Hussein Medical Center, along with the areas around [...]

What motivates me to write today is that I have sadly lost a friend. The moment I walked into the place where I was supposed to meet him, after months of being away. This friend told me that our friendship came to end.. it is sad but it is true. I was so shocked from [...]

My young Friend Rasha. was talking to me about her  yet to show up charming prince, she spent her adolescence reading these passionate love stories and now they are so ingrained in her brain…she started feeling she is Cinderella, and truly believes her destiny will be like her, this is not trivial at all as [...]

I mentioned a girl- friend yesterday to a guy friend and he asked me how she is doing… I said that I have not seen her in a while but last I heard she met someone. My guy friend asked me very calmly with what I describe as male innocence, if she is sleeping with [...]